What is Manchester to you?

Some really interesting answers to the tgread and I think it shows what my question was aimed at asking.

Has, 40 odd years later the formation of GM changed opinions of where you consider to be from?

I tend to agree with @Cheadle_hulmeBlue as Stockport along with Salford, Bury, Boltin etc are proud independant towns and cities of tgeir own with strong identities, and I have never considered places like Heywood or Eccles for example as Manchester because of their centuries old histories of their own before Manchesrer was even a major City and part of the Salford 100.

I remember in my younger days when even refering to Salford as Manchester to someone from there would get you an earful now not so much so, though it was streesed when the beeb moved to media city that is was Salford not Manchester by some.

Post cides mean nowt to be fair, but it does feel that GM 40 years on has brought areas together as a place that has so much in common.

To me though this map shows what compises of Manchester north, east and south (as there is no west mcr). the rest in the surrounding areas is Greater Manchster.


manc2002-map.jpg


On the othe hand you tell someone from abbey hey or north gorton, they are from south Manchester, are we balls East or North, ;-)
 
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If you are from Greater Manchester you still get called a Manc twat in the same way as anyone from greater London gets called cockneys or anyone from Merseyside gets called scouse, Greater Manchester is an magnificent place


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urban genie said:
Some really interesting answers to the tgread and I think it shows what my question was aimed at asking.

Has, 40 odd years later the formation of GM changed opinions of where you consider to be from?

I tend to agree with @Cheadle_hulmeBlue as Stockport along with Salford, Bury, Boltin etc are proud independant towns and cities of tgeir own with strong identities, and I have never considered places like Heywood or Eccles for example as Manchester because of their centuries old histories of their own before Manchesrer was even a major City and part of the Salford 100.

I remember in my younger days when even refering to Salford as Manchester to someone from there would get you an earful now not so much so, though it was streesed when the beeb moved to media city that is was Salford not Manchester by some.

Post cides mean nowt to be fair, but it does feel that GM 40 years on has brought areas together as a place that has so much in common.

To me though this map shows what compises of Manchester north, east and south (as there is no west mcr). the rest in the surrounding areas is Greater Manchster.


manc2002-map.jpg


On the othe hand you tell someone from abbey hey or north gorton, they are from south Manchester, are we balls East or North, ;-)
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yep..anyone from that map is a Manc

Everyone else is an OOT dickhead

;)
 
Tanzeylee said:
Manchester itself is not very big with regards to its borders and a few borders have been changed, where I'm from used to be Lancashire even tho it's only about 5 miles from the centre but now classed as greater Manchester, there was a thread on here a while back about it, I'd class failsworth as Oldham
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Anyone north of carpetworld is a fuckin yonner!
 
urban genie said:
Some really interesting answers to the tgread and I think it shows what my question was aimed at asking.

Has, 40 odd years later the formation of GM changed opinions of where you consider to be from?

I tend to agree with @Cheadle_hulmeBlue as Stockport along with Salford, Bury, Boltin etc are proud independant towns and cities of tgeir own with strong identities, and I have never considered places like Heywood or Eccles for example as Manchester because of their centuries old histories of their own before Manchesrer was even a major City and part of the Salford 100.

I remember in my younger days when even refering to Salford as Manchester to someone from there would get you an earful now not so much so, though it was streesed when the beeb moved to media city that is was Salford not Manchester by some.

Post cides mean nowt to be fair, but it does feel that GM 40 years on has brought areas together as a place that has so much in common.

To me though this map shows what compises of Manchester north, east and south (as there is no west mcr). the rest in the surrounding areas is Greater Manchster.


manc2002-map.jpg


On the othe hand you tell someone from abbey hey or north gorton, they are from south Manchester, are we balls East or North, ;-)
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yep, you've summed up my thoughts really well. the map above is manchester. if your born in manchester or from any of those places that makes you mancunian. as i said before stockport, bury, salford are there own places, with there own history and identity. theres seems to be a thing now where anyone from greater manchester is now mancunian and places like wigan are now manchester...... completely disagree with that.
 
The postcode issue is irrelevant, the Royal Mail decide postcodes, and it goes off which mechanical sorting office you live close to,
Rochdale, Ashton, Heywood, Bacup, Todmorden & Littleborough, all have Oldham postcodes, but are not in Oldham, it's because there mail is sorted at Hamilton St, Oldham.

The same with Failsworth, Middleton, Prestwich, all have Manchester postcodes, but not in Manchester. (Although historically they have provided overspill estates for Mancs)

I'm not a Manc or a Greater Manc,
I was born in Oldham, Lancashire
 
It is my home, i feel a sense of 'ok' when i get into town or hear a Mancunian accent. I enjoy going to visit @stony and that always hits me, ' i know that accent, it's like my mums' I don't mean oasis shite, i mean proper Mancunian even though 'r'kid' is legitimate. The way my aunty Shirley will laugh and give me a hug with an 'eh lad' in that accent. I find it comforting.

My father is from posh stock but every now and then his roots betray him, say in the midst of a good match with his beloved utd 'are, ya fuckin kiddin, fuck off' and that is that, you would know he is a Swinton/Manc lad. His father was a boffin for Marconi who had offices at Manchester uni i think where he did some of his stuff.

But above all it reminds me of my Gran 'oh me lad' followed with hugs and kisses. Gran had some Jewish blood in her so i assume she was from the north of town, i would have to ask mum about that. Mum is a Didsbury girl.

Another aunt ran that cafe that was thin and long on picc on the right as you walked down from the station. My mum would take me often and i would get a kiss a can of coke and a chip barm with a jumbo sausage and gravy all free (get in).

My dad did well and got moved to Alderly Edge for I.C.I so the family moved to a nice part of Hazel Grove from West Didsbury then i was born :-D
 
urban genie said:
Some really interesting answers to the tgread and I think it shows what my question was aimed at asking.

Has, 40 odd years later the formation of GM changed opinions of where you consider to be from?

I tend to agree with @Cheadle_hulmeBlue as Stockport along with Salford, Bury, Boltin etc are proud independant towns and cities of tgeir own with strong identities, and I have never considered places like Heywood or Eccles for example as Manchester because of their centuries old histories of their own before Manchesrer was even a major City and part of the Salford 100.

I remember in my younger days when even refering to Salford as Manchester to someone from there would get you an earful now not so much so, though it was streesed when the beeb moved to media city that is was Salford not Manchester by some.

Post cides mean nowt to be fair, but it does feel that GM 40 years on has brought areas together as a place that has so much in common.

To me though this map shows what compises of Manchester north, east and south (as there is no west mcr). the rest in the surrounding areas is Greater Manchster.


manc2002-map.jpg


On the othe hand you tell someone from abbey hey or north gorton, they are from south Manchester, are we balls East or North, ;-)
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Is lou macaris chippy on that map?

Wythenshawe has a warmer climate due to its location.
 
I don't consider the Greater Manchester towns to be 'Manchester' nor do I consider the people from those towns to be Mancunians.

The Manchester accent is the greatest in the world, especially on a fit bird.
 
Some of the views on here about boundaries are interesting. I usually find that the older a person is, the more their views about boundaries align with traditional ones. Conversely, the younger they are the more their views about boundaries align with current economic boundaries. Where do you draw the line on what is 'Manchester'?
 
The place I live in. Nothing more. I'll happily leave when I retire. Still follow City, but can't imagine I'll miss the city itself.
 
Prefer the countryside myself so avoid the city as much as I can, even though I live within the GM boundary.

Born in Rammy pre 74, which means I'm not a Manc by any measure.
 
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